In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.

There is something more important than logic: imagination

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

The roots of the strongest tree grow deep.

I wasn't put on this earth to be housekeeper to my own child or to anyone else for that matter.

Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.

We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell.

Fate and victory shift ... now this way, now that way -- like a line of unarmored men under a hail of enemy arrows.

For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

In the States, I learned to fight for every idea. Sometimes, a director has to be a tyrant to keep the quality.

I shall remember the look in Margot's eyes all my life.

Great faith is the product of great fights.